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VENTIL. trmxs/. i8j6 Mrs. Whitney Sights !, tns. II. xvi. 458 From Ihese cold, dark \-entiducts (i. e. thoroughfares] you may come out suddenly upon a bright w.trm corner of an open square. Ventilatory a. 2. altrih. Of a hat : = i86a CataL InUmat. Exkib., Brit. II. No. 4808, Patent comiG;ated ventiduct hat. tVentili. Ohs.-^ [ad. med.L. w»/«/
VENTILATIVE, 109 4. The admission of a proper supply of fresh air, esp. to a room, building, mine, or other place where the air readily becomes stagnant and vitiated ; the means or method by which this is accomplished. 1664 Power Exp. Philos. I. 65 We see in wet Hay, how the ^3pl^lts.. (if they be not cooled and prevented by Ventilation) ..break out into a flame also. 1743 S. Hales Descr. Venti. lalors I. 34 This Ventilation will also be of service to preserve., the Timber and Planks of the Hold itself. 1753 Scots Ma^. Feb. 99 2 Before ventilation, the foul air. became infectious. 1789 W. Buchan Dom. Mei/. (1790) m When cleanliness and ventilation are neglected. 1836-41 Brande Chem. (ed. 5) 145 The rooms are close and oppressive, because due ventilation is not associated with the admission of the hot air. 1854 Poultry Chroii. I. 32 Suffi. cient ventilation to prevent the house becoming too hot or ^'^ 'n/""""'^"'- •'""5' also receive attention. 1889 Wflch Jext Bk. Naval Archit. 131 Pipes. . leading from above the upper deck to the compartments requiring ventilation. fie- '7S" Johnson JianMer No. lot r 14 The mind stagnates without external ventilation. b. Const. o/"(the place ventilated). l8»7 Gentl. Mag. XCVII. 509 Attention to the construe- I'ictJd tifh^ I" «""'a'?" -ayerminate in tubes iiected with a con- chimney. ,874 Micklethwaiie Ma,l. Par. 1 Churches 216 The ventilators should always be above the heads of the congregation. 1889 Welch Text Bk. Naval ^'c/iit xu. 132 It IS down these ventilators that air is drawn by the steam fans V to supply the boilers. '•"ri^. i8j4 Tredgold Prtnc. Ventilating Buildings (ed. 'id'-' ^' '""' """= 'he ventilator tube T should be placed. ^'"''' ^"''''''ffi, sh.i'f!"' ' '"''"^ '^'«"'''^'°'- deflector, b. The former Ltidies' Gallery in the House of Commons. 183a Macaulav in Trevelyan Life (1876) I. 269 A discussion by which Nancy, if she h.ad been in the ventilator, might have been greatly edified. 1850 Carlyle Lalter.,i. tampli. VI. 20 A modern honourable member, wilh his .strangers gallery, his female ventilator. 1880 Disraei i t.ndym. xxix. Lady Roehampton and Lady Montfort were both in the ventilator, and he knew it. o. Naut. A wind-sail (see quots.). 1846 A Young Naut. Diet. 368 Wind-sail, or Ventilator a sort of long canvass bag. .letdown a vessel's hatchway for The action ofselling; -Vendino vbl. sb. Frequent from C1600 101:1645. iS3»-3 — J Act 24 ..., Hen. « VI! - ....,1,. I, c. 4, Straunge oiraungecountreis.. counlreis. .by the . inakyng and ventvng . therof are greately enriched. burgh 1548 Ree. Edmt, (,87.) II. .44 Vnder the payne ofT VENTOSITOUS. Of ih^?r»f?£ %i^'û'="""S ^n-ne be the space of ane yeir II. 6/2 the Vinter, the Grocer,. .and the Butcher, doe by °f their wares, the lietter maintaine .6!. If,'^^ their traded 1641 Milton Church Go-^t. 11. Wks. 1851 III. may ,39 How they suppresse the venting of such' raritie.s'andTuch cheapnes as a would undoe them. 1656 Earl Monm I'ocxahm's tn Advts.fr. Paruass. .. x. (i6?4) .2 A very Poimtian spnice who looked ^ to the venting ofWares. tve-ntmg, ///. a. obs.-^ u. vent z»2 + -INO -'.] That snuffs or smells. .637 B. JoNSON .S-^rf Shepherd II. !, As doth the vauting Hart his venting Hind. Ve-ntless, a. rare-'^. [f. Vent rf.2 + -LESS 1 Having no vent or outlet. 1603 J. Davies (<strong>Here</strong>f.) Microcosmos Wks. (Grosart) I 6i/t A restlesse ventlesse Flame of file, That faine would hnde the way streight to aspire. Ventle-trap, obs variant of Wentletrap. Ventner, obs. form of Vintnek. tVento-rions, a. Obs. [Irreg. f. Vint-ure». : see -ORiocs.] Characterized by venturesomeness. 1640 R. Baillie Canterb. Self-Conviction 48 Their ventorious boldnesse seemes not mere marveillous then their ingenuitie coromend.able. 1707 Sir W. Hope Ncî, Method "°"' ^""^ cleanliness of prisons. 'A°"j "^""t 1875 Knight Vict. Mech. io-]/i 1 he steam-jet for the ventilation of mines was used long ago. and then abandoned. 1893 Hodges /•.tern. Photogr. 36 To ensure the efficient ventilation of the dark-room. C. altrib., as ventilation-fan, -pipe, shaft, etc. l«J3 in Hebert ;?«fM. f, MecA. Encycl. (1837) II. 846 end The of the ventilation-pipe. 1839 Ure Diet. Arts 853 The ventilation shaft. i88g Welch Text Bk. Naval Arcliit. 13, » ''^.,P'?, ^' ^"^ P'^fceJ for ventilation purpose" ri890 W. H. Casmey Vtnlitation 7 We must brinelhe ventllation.fan to our aid. 11. 5. The action of fanning or blowing ; + the winnowing of corn in this way. ISIJ HoRMAN Ja/^. 42 It is no good phisike, that man whan a is sore chafed with heate. for to cole hym with ventilacyon of clothes. 1658 Phillips, Vmlilation,3. fanning, or gathering of windej also a winnowing of Corn. Wli^^^^ i6«8 Real Char. 243 Operations belonging to Agd! •'>' soueranly ventosenez. 1717 Baii.ev (vol. II), Ventoseness, windiness. t Ventoser, Obs.-^ In 4 ventuser. [ad. AF. venlcuser (F. venlouseur, = Prov. venlozaire), f. vento{u)ser Ventose w.] = Cupper 2. c 1340 Nominate (Skeat) 378 The ventuser of rawe flesch. tVentosing, zjW. ji5. Surg. Obs. [f. Ventose v.\ The operation of drawing blood by means of a cupping-glass ; cupping. Also attrib. c 1386 Chaucer Kut.'s T. 1889 That neither veyne blood, ne venlusynge. may ben his helpynge. 1386 Almanak 52 Mynucyons to be made by blode-lattyng or ventosyng es ful profytabul. a 1415 tr. Ardeme's Treat. Fistula, etc. 62 And Kr be no blode-later redy, be ber made ventosyng with garsyng atuix ))e buttokez. c 1440 MS. Line. A. 1.17 fol. 299 Of bolnyng or whelynge of garsynge or ventousynge. 1483 Lath. Angl. 400/2 .\ ventosynge boxe {A. a ventisynge box), euma. 1541 K. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. N iii. What IS ventosyng?.. It is the puttynge of boxes vpon any membre for to expuls the mater betwene the skynne and the flesshe. ' t Vento'SitonS, a. Obs. rare. [f. next : cf. Ve.ntose a. and -iTOUs.] Full of wind ; windy.
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VACANT NichalHs altar was than yaka
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VACATION. he shall ratifie that wli
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VACUITOtJS. VACUOUS. 1664 PowFR E.x
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VAINGLOBY. o. a 1300 Cursor M. 2693
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VALANCHB. 19 VALEDICTORY. «9 Oct.
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VALENTINIAN. 1851 Meredith Pastoral
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VALVE. 81 VAMOSE. Valvule (vse'lvi?
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VANDALIAN. Ajf. xli. IV. 146 The ce
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VAWILLA. 37 VANISH. Vanilla (vani-l
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